YOUR POSITION IN CHRIST

By Greg on January 25, 2015 • ( 7 )

by Neil Anderson

January 25

James 4:7

Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you

Daisy was one of the first persons I dealt with who was caught in spiritual conflicts and suffered from demonic influences. She was a Christian and a university graduate, but she had severe mental and emotional problems which developed after her father divorced her mother. Within a period of five years, Daisy had been institutionalized three times as a paranoid schizophrenic. After about three weeks of counseling with me, Daisy finally found the nerve to bring up the nighttime visitation of snakes.

“What about the snakes?” I asked.

“They crawl on me at night when I’m in bed,” she confessed.

“What do you do when the snakes come?”

“I run in to my mother. But they always come back when I’m alone.”

“Why don’t you try something different,” I continued. “When you’re in bed and the snakes come, say out loud, ‘In the name of Christ, I command you to leave me.'”

“I couldn’t do that,” Daisy protested. “I’m not mature enough or strong enough.”

“It’s not a matter of your maturity; it’s a matter of your position in Christ. You have as much right to resist Satan as I do.”

Daisy squirmed at the prospect. “Well, I guess I could do that.” Daisy sighed, sounding like she had just agreed to take castor oil.

The next week when Daisy walked in she said, “The snakes are gone!” If her problem had been strictly a neurological or chemical imbalance, taking authority over the snakes in Jesus’ name wouldn’t have worked. But in Daisy’s case, the problem was spiritual.

James wrote: “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). But if you don’t resist him, he doesn’t have to go. Or if you just pull the covers over your head in fear and say, “O God, do something about these demonic influences,” the evil spirits don’t have to leave. Resisting the devil is your responsibility based on the authority you possess in Christ.

Prayer: Dear Father, thank You for providing me with such wonderful power. Help me not to be afraid to use it for my sake and others.

Greg

Greg is a strong believer in Jesus Christ and in the need for revival in today’s Church. He likes reading, writing, music, and spending time with his family and his dog Roxie. By day he is a self-employed non-emergency medical transport driver, and is the Editor-in-Chief for the National War Council, as well as being a political analyst, author, blogger, and an accomplished DIYer. His articles are first published on Inspirational Christian Blogs, and I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ!, and from there the articles are published on other well-known conservative websites.

The author feels convinced that the Church is in extreme danger of being forsaken by God for being unbiblical and seeks to warn all those with “ears to hear.” He believes we are in the last days of the end times, and that God is building His Remnant Church even now.

Greg is the author of: Spiritual Darkness is Destroying America and the Church and
The Jehovah’s Witnesses: Dedicated Servants or Dangerous Heretics?

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Tags: Christianity, Demonic, Demons, Faith, James 4:7, Jesus, our position in Christ, Satan

Paul H. Lemmen

January 25, 2015 • 12:20 pm

Reblogged this on A Conservative Christian Man.

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Gleaning The Scriptures

January 25, 2015 • 12:30 pm

I pray in the name of Christ’s name that you are preotected and live in the mind of Christ as His joy and love are made complete in His life (you). We lift up and exalt your name Christ Jesus.